![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Not wanting to “waste a crisis.” For more than a year, Ward Armstrong has been on a quest to “do something” about rising utility rates. If he’s tied his gubernatorial aspirations to the success of his legislation, Virginia will be spared in 2013. The Times Dispatch pointed out that Ward’s entire case against Appalachian Power is a house of cards that has been blown down.Īs we pointed out in July, Ward Armstrong has been tilting at windmills running for governor on a platform of promises to lower utility rates. in November.Īs Ronald Reagan would say when Jimmy Carter would play fast and loose with the facts during a debate, “There you go again.” Except today, Minority Leader Ward Armstrong is Jimmy Carter (or Don Quixote), and “fast and loose” doesn’t begin to cover it. Keep these folks in mind when you're stuck in traffic this evening and more importantly. I guess it is clear that parts of Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads DO NOT have a transportation problem at all. ![]() these 11 Democrats voted to block this vital proposal. Now, with a bipartisan and broadly supported bill before the House. The transportation issue has stymied Virginia's legislature for nearly 20 years. The 11 Democrats are Delegates Bob Brink, David Bulova, David Englin, Eileen Filler-Corn, Mark Keam, Kaye Kory, Paula Miller, Ken Plum, Jim Scott, Scott Surovell, and Vivian Watts. By accelerating the bonds, we will be able to take advantage of near record low interest rates and low construction costs. This bill will accelerate previously approved transportation bonds and deposits funds into a transportation infrastructure bank. 11 Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads Democrats voted AGAINST a bill that will jump start nearly 900 transportation projects throughout the state with lower costs and quicker completion times. This must be the case because when the Governor's Transportation Bill, carried by Senator Wampler, ( SB 1446) came over from the Senate on a WIDELY bipartisan vote. are you as surprised to hear this as I am? It came to my attention that last Thursday must have marked THE END of traffic woes in portions of Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads. ![]()
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